Funeral

There are enough words that can say what a great job they did on this episode. It hits every point on the emotional spectrum. I've done my share of crying at a few really sad movies, but this is my first time bawling during a sitcom and I'm sure I'm not alone. The writing in this episode is stellar. The way the writers were able to tug at your heartstrings from start to finish was epic. But the acting of all the primaries was even more stellar. I can't say enough about the quality of the performances of all of the actors. They hit it out of the park with this one, every single one of them. This episode will go down as one of the greatest sitcom episodes of all time.

Seldom do I write reviews for TV shows, but this episode killed me. Stab to the heart. Hit way too close to home. I lost my mother on February 5, 2023. She was 37 years old, I was sixteen. There's nothing in this world I wouldn't give to have her back. She was one of the kindest people the world has ever seen.

I knew this episode was coming for years and I didn't think it would be that emotional, after all Young Sheldon is a comedy, but one couldn't be more wrong. Funeral's depiction of grief covers every base out there. Not a single personal emotion, and it spans everyone in the series. Personally I was like Sheldon Cooper when I lost my mom. I constantly thought back on the last time I saw her similarly unexpected passing. I always think about how different would it be if I just talked to her a little more. Gave her one more hug, fought a little less. Even knowing that the past can never change, it's equally worth thinking about. My Dad reminded me of Missy, not exclusively because of the anger, but because of the emotions. Missy shows it the most, and so did my Dad. Missy's character throughout being so naive and sheltered at times really tore me up, especially when she asks "Why are they laughing?" at the funeral.

We never did a ceremony for my Mom, we invited everyone to view her body and say goodbye, but we were too broken and too rushed to plan a ceremony. At my Mom's funeral I saw people I hadn't seen in YEARS come in to pay their respects. That's how this episode feels too. We get to see characters who have been gone for SEASONS revisit and give their final goodbye. Mr. Givens? Brenda Sparks? Welcome back!

Seeing people care is what made it for me. It's been easy for me to forget how so many other people cared about me during the grieving process. I broke down in front of so many people who merely wished to check on me during the following weeks. Seeing Dr. Sturgis and Wayne come in and say the exact verbatim phrase "if you ever need anything, I'm here" all throws me back to those succeeding moments. I can't help but continue crying writing this because this episode felt like a one-to-one recreation of the situation I was in; The situation my entire family was in. There were an abundance of similarities between my situation and the Cooper's: younger parent, still a kid, unexpected, many visitors, southern charm. They made an episode about my life. How can it not be one of the greatest ever made?

Loss is so hard. Losing my mother at sixteen changed who I was as a person. This episode makes me feel so seen. Nothing in this I would've changed (except them making Wayne a joke). Beautiful episode, television peaked on May 16, 2024.

The hardest episode to watch in my history of watching TV series.

I had to pause this episode so many times to do something else. And returned watching again just to pause it again. I tried so hard not to be emotional, but I failed.

Pausing didn't help. I need to skip 10 seconds forward just so I finish watching it.

This is supposed to be a comedy. Why I'm not laughing? In The Big Bang Theory, when Howard's mother died, it was emotional, but still some scene are extremely funny as hell. In this episode of YS, every scene is so emotional.

Was it because the series has ended? And I'm going to miss this series.

I'm not even a long time fan of Young Sheldon or the Big Bang Theory but my brother is so I dip into it sometimes. I've also watched lots of clips online for a while and I always enjoyed this family and these characters so my heart was torn in half after George Cooper's death. Due to this tragedy, me and some of the fam sat down to watch this episode and it was honestly so difficult to contain my emotions. So many scenes from Missy looking at George's empty chair to of course the funeral itself, I just wanted to burst into tears. Because of my attachment to these characters it really felt like I was there during the funeral.

This genuinely was one of the most devastating and heartbreaking episodes of television I've ever sat through. I find it odd that such a comedic and lighthearted show has ended on such a depressing note, but we all knew it was going to happen.

In my life i have watched a lot of TV shows and movies but i never felt like this before , even tough all the people we see in this Tv show are not real they make you fall in love with them like they are .

I have never actually cried on a Tv show or movie in all my life , but i really could not hold it in with these last episodes.

Honestly the ending of this series was done in a beautiful way and i will always remember it . Because in a lot of scenarios you can relate to it , and it can teach you what you should do in life... These last 3 episodes taught me that!

I will always miss this series because it truly was amazing , but im glad that at least we're getting the Georgie and Mandy spin off .